2009
Semaphorin3a regulates endothelial cell number and podocyte differentiation during glomerular development
Reidy KJ, Villegas G, Teichman J, Veron D, Shen W, Jimenez J, Thomas D, Tufro A. Semaphorin3a regulates endothelial cell number and podocyte differentiation during glomerular development. Development 2009, 136: 3979-3989. PMID: 19906865, PMCID: PMC2778745, DOI: 10.1242/dev.037267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosisCell CountCell DifferentiationCell NucleusCoculture TechniquesEndothelial CellsFluorescent Antibody Technique, DirectFluorescent DyesGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGriffoniaImmunohistochemistryIn Situ Nick-End LabelingIndolesKidney GlomerulusMiceMice, KnockoutMice, Mutant StrainsMice, TransgenicPlant LectinsPodocytesRatsRecombinant ProteinsSemaphorin-3AConceptsVascular patterningPodocyte differentiationNegative regulatorNormal glomerular filtration barrierGlomerular developmentEssential negative regulatorEndothelial cell survivalFunction mouse modelsTight regulationEndothelial cell apoptosisUreteric budMature podocytesVascular developmentCell survivalCrucial roleGuidance proteinsSlit diaphragmCell apoptosisGlomerular filtration barrierRegulatorFiltration barrierGlomerular endothelial cell apoptosisCell numberEndothelial cellsEndothelial cell number
2006
Autocrine VEGF-A system in podocytes regulates podocin and its interaction with CD2AP
Guan F, Villegas G, Teichman J, Mundel P, Tufro A. Autocrine VEGF-A system in podocytes regulates podocin and its interaction with CD2AP. American Journal Of Physiology. Renal Physiology 2006, 291: f422-f428. PMID: 16597608, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00448.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineCell SurvivalC-Reactive ProteinCytoskeletal ProteinsGene Expression RegulationIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuropilin-2PodocytesProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2ConceptsWestern analysisAutocrine VEGFPodocyte VEGFGrowth factor signalingVEGFR2 mRNA levelsMRNA levelsEndothelial cell differentiationVascular endothelial growth factor signalingCompletion of developmentVascular patterningKidney morphogenesisFactor signalingPodocyte differentiationUndifferentiated podocytesLigand availabilityCell differentiationVEGFR2 phosphorylationDifferentiated conditionsImmortalized mouse podocytesProtein levelsProtein expressionMouse podocytesVEGFR2 mRNADifferentiated podocytesCD2AP